Improvement in flesh and bath brushes



1. RYAN.

) Flesh and Bath-Brushes. I N0. 146,713. PatentdJan.20.1874.

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PATENT OFFICE- JAMES RYAN, OF BROOKLYN, 1)., NEW YORK.

' IMPROVEMENT IN FLESH AND BATH BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,713, dated January 20, 1874; application filed September 27, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES RYAN, of Brooklyn, E. D., in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Flesh and Bath Brushes, of which the following is a specification:

This invention pertains to that class of devices used for chafing the surface of the body able band or strap for binding the brush to the hand when desired. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the middle of the brush and hand-strap over the back. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the center of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a modification, showing another method of fastening the long handle in the brushhead.

At A is represented an ordinary brush for use as a flesh or bath brush; but to make it adaptable to various sizes of hands, the strap at B, that is made to surround the back of the hand in grasping the brush, is provided with adjustable slides or attachments, similar to such as are used in suspenders,so that the handstrap may be shortened or lengthened, as desired.

A buckle of the ordinary construction may be used, but it is not so convenient nor so desirable.

Again, to adapt the brush for being used on the back and shoulders, a long handle, as at G, is provided, and fitted in any suitable manner to connect with the brush, one plan of said attachment being shown at Fig. 1, where the handle is fitted into a dovetail slot in the back of the brush, a cross-section of which is shown at D, Fig. 2, and it maybe held in position by a button on the end of the handle, as shown at E, Figs. 1 and 3; or a more durable method would be by a springcatch, as shown at F, Fig. 4, where the longitudinal strength of the spring is utilized, and if placed underneath, the handle may be concealed, except the knob on the end, asshown at G. A similar spring may also be applied on the top of the handle, and have its projecting end bent down to catch upon the end of the brush-head itself.

It is evident, also, that the handle may be attached to the brush in other ways besides the dovetail slot, as a T-slot would answer the same purpose, and the counterparts may also be made of metal and attached to the back of the brush-head in any suitable manner.

Itherefore claimi As a new article of manufacture, a flesh brush possessing anadjustable band,.l3, and a detachable handle or arm, 0, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described, for the purposes herein set forth.

JAMES RYAN.

Witnesses:

BOYD ELIOT, PHILIP OREILLY. 

